Leviticus 24:16
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| Overview - Leviticus 24 | |
| 1 | The oil for the lamps. |
| 5 | The shew-bread. |
| 10 | Shelomith's son blasphemeth. |
| 13 | The law of blasphemy. |
| 17 | Of murder. |
| 18 | Of damage. |
| 23 | The blasphemer is stoned. |
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Leviticus 24:16 (King James Version)
And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.
- blasphemeth
- As the word {nakav} not only signifies to curse, or blaspheme, but also to express, or distinguish by name, ( Numbers 1:17 . 1 ; Ch 12:31 Isaiah 62:2, ,)hence the Jews, at a very early period,
- understood this law as prohibiting them from uttering the name Jehovah, on any other than sacred occasions. The Septuagint, which was made at least 250 years before Christ, renders it [Onomazon de to onoma Kyriou, thanato thanatoustho,]
- "Whosoever nameth the name of the Lord, let him die;" from
- which we see that the Jews at this time were accustomed to pronounce {adonay,} or Lord, instead of Jehovah; for in place of it the Septuagint always put [Lo Kyrios.] Exodus 20:7 ; 1 Kings 21:10-13 ; Psalms 74:10 Psalms 74:18 ; 139:20 Matthew 12:31 ; Mark 3:28 Mark 3:29
- John 8:58 John 8:59 ; 10:33-36 Acts 26:11 ; 1 Timothy 1:13 ; James 2:7